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Fda: very few should take baby aspirin daily. i'm female, 60, no hx of heart dis. or stroke w/ well-controlled hypertens. and t2diabetes. take or not?
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It's borderline: http://www.cvriskcalculator.com/ and if the risk is greater than 20% then it is higher than the risk of even minor effects of the aspirin.
Answered 10/14/2015
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